Truck sizes against this geometry

Removal vehicles come in rough families, and the right one is a geometry decision, not a capacity boast:

  • The van. The shuttle workhorse. Fits any street on the headland, carries a room at a time. Rarely the whole answer, often the missing half of one.
  • The short-wheelbase box truck. Our default for the harbour fall and the Watsons Bay lanes: small enough to work a tight street, big enough that a two-bed flat goes in one load.
  • The full light-rigid. The family-house truck. Wants a sensible drive or clear kerb space, and gets both checked before it's committed, this is the vehicle the battle-axe guide is really about.
  • Two trucks, not one giant. For the biggest homes we run two vehicles on the $500/hr tier rather than anything larger: two smaller trucks fit streets a semi never will, and one can shuttle while the other loads.

Where a truck may stand

A loaded truck can't hover. It needs legal, workable standing for hours, and on this headland that's a plan, not a hope:

  • Signposted rules win. Kerb rules on the spines change by the hour; we read the signage for your address before the loading window is booked, not from the cab.
  • Your own frontage first. Across your own drive, on your own kerb, is usually the cleanest answer where length allows.
  • Council permits exist for the hard cases. Where a move genuinely needs reserved road space, Woollahra Council is the authority for parking and road-occupancy questions in Vaucluse; if a permit is the right tool for your street, it gets arranged ahead of the day, and we'll tell you honestly when it isn't needed, which is most of the time.
  • Never the neighbour's driveway. Not even briefly, not even with a wave. It's the single fastest way to make a move memorable for the wrong reason.

The courtesy plan

Quiet streets stay quiet because somebody plans it. Ours is short and non-negotiable: a note to the immediate neighbours when a truck will hold kerb space for hours, ramps instead of dropped tailgates outside bedroom windows at 7am, engines off while loading, the footpath never blocked with staged furniture, and the crew briefed that they're working in front of an audience of people we'd like to work for next.

None of this costs an hour on your bill. All of it comes standard, because on a headland with 4,913 addresses, the streets talk.

Notes + sources

  1. Parking, permits and road-occupancy for Vaucluse addresses are matters for Woollahra Municipal Council, the local government area covering the headland.
  2. On-road rules and signage are set by the NSW road authority; the signposted conditions at your kerb are the ones that bind on the day, which is why we read them in advance.
  3. Vehicle-family descriptions reflect our own fleet practice; capacities vary and the survey, not this page, decides your truck.